Legal Opinion

Alfaro v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided December 7, 2006No. 01-05-00151-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ELSA ALCALA, Justice.

Appellant, Agustín Antonio Alfaro, appeals the trial court’s judgment convicting him of aggravated sexual assault of a child. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 22.021(a)(2)(B) (Vernon Supp.2006). He pleaded not guilty to a jury. The jury found him guilty, and set his punishment at life in prison. In three issues, appellant claims that the trial court erred by denying his motion for a mistrial after a spectator assaulted him, by refusing to allow cross-examination concerning the victim’s sexual history, and by allowing improper jury argument by the State’s attorney. We…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Ladd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Reyna v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  4. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  5. Howard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. In the Matter of E.A., a Juvenile, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2014
  2. Alan Domingo Diaz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2016
  3. Anthony Lerma v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2008
  4. Corey Demond Coleman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2019
  5. Curtis Villareal v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2018

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